Watering system for gardens, fields, and the like.



No. 845,179. PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907. A. KOREN, JR; WAIERING SYSTEM FORGARDENS, FIELDS, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-4. 1905.

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Attorneys UNITED STATES AUGUST KOREN, JR, OF CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY.

WATERI'NG SYSTEM FOR GARDENS, FIELDS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed August 4-., 1905. Serial No. 272.744-

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, AUeUsT KOREN, Jr., a citizen of Norway, residing atChristiania, Norway, have invented new and useful Imrovements inWatering Systems for Gardens,

Fields, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for watering large gardens and fields;and the object of the invention is to water large areas quickly andeasily.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of this invention. Fig. 2 is a planview thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the delivery-funneland water-condu t. Fig. 4 is an elevation, partly in section, of thespraying vessel. Fig.5 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale,showing one of the holes in the bottom of the spraying vessel. Fig. 6 isa view like Fig. 5, but showing a tack in the hole. Fig. 7 is a likeview showing a tack having an enlargement to hold it in position. Fig. 8shows the manner of forming a recess in which the hole is to be formedFig. 9 shows the recess and the hole therein and Fig. 10 is a like viewwith the tack in position. Figs. 11 and 12 are sectional views, on anenlarged scale, showing the irregularities in the tack by means of whichthe tack is prevented from entirely closing the hole.

The area to be watered is preferably di vided into sections of suitablelength and width by supporting-bars 5, and the water is conducted toadjacent said sections by a conduit 1. A delivery-funnel 2 is movablyarranged in said conduit, the ower end of which terminates .n a nozzle6, which is on a level with the upper edge of the conduit 1, Fig. 3. Asshown in this figure, the funnel 2 has the same sectional shape as incondu t 1 and fits tightly into the same, so that the water flowingalong said conduit will be collected in the funnel and as soon as itrises to the height of the nozzle 6 will flow out therethrough into theflexible hose 7, which is connected to said nozzle. Said hose 7 passesover the side of the conduit, and its free end delivers the water intothe spraying vessel 3. Said vessel is provided at each corner withhook-shaped lugs 4, which are adapted to engage with the bars 5, andthus support the vessel 6. The bar 5 adjacent to the conduit lies in ahigher plane than the other bar 5, so that the spraying vessel is heldin an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 1. Thus the water will flowfrom the hose 7 along the bottom of the spraying vessel toward the lowerside thereof. The said vessel 3 has its bottom perforated for thepassage of the water.

I have found that it is diflicult to obtain a complete emptying of thespraying vessel when the perforations therein are of small size, as thepressure height is too little to force the fluid pellicle through thesmall hole, as shown in Fig. 5, 9 being the drop of water held betweenthe walls of the hole. In order to overcome this defect withoutincreasing the diameter of the holes, I place a nail, pin, or the likein said hole, said pin being of such a size as to leave a space betweenitself and the walls of the hole for the passage of water, so that thewater may pass therethrough and drop off the end of said pin. After thepin or nail has been placed in the hole I flatten out a portion thereof,as at 11, Fig. 7, so as to prevent the same from falling out. As shownin Figs. 11 and 12, the tacks or pins have burs as, formed thereon bythe pressing operation by which they are formed, and these burs engagethe walls of the hole and so prevent the tack from entirely closing saidhole. If such burs are not large enough to bear against the walls of theholes, the head thereof is never exactly circular, so that openings areleft between the head and the hole sides to give passage for the Water.

An especially-preferred mode of producing the holes is illustrated inFigs. 8 and 9. In the bottom of the spraying vessel I first form arecess 13 by means of a piston 12, and in this recess the hole 8 ismade. The nail or pin may be formed (see Fig. 10) witha thickened part14, so that it can be forced through the hole 8, the edges of the latteryielding a little and springing back when the thickened portion haspassed.

In the operation of the device the water flowing down the conduit 1passes from the funnel 2 into the hose 7 and from the hose 7 into thevessel 3, from which it passes through the perforations therein drop bydrop onto the ground. The vessel 3 is slowly moved along the bars 5 todistribute the water over a large area. The funnel is moved along withthe vessel 3, and for this purpose the hose 7 may be connected with thevessel, so that it will pull the said funnel along the conduit as thespraying vessel is moved.

I claim as my invention 1. A Watering system for gardens, fields and thelike, comprisingaspraying vessel, a conduit and means for delivering theWater from the conduit into the vessel, said means comprising a devicefor collecting the Water in the conduit until it rises above the sidesof the conduit.

2. A Watering system for gardens, and the like, comprising a movablespraying vessel and open conduit, a funnel movable in the condult and aconnection from said funnel to the vessel.

3. A Watering system for gardens and the like comprising a vessel havingperforations in its bottom, rails upon which said vessel is supported,one of said rails being higher than the other so that said vessel isheld in an inclined position and means for delivering Water to saidvessel.

4. A Watering system comprising a conduit, a movable funnel therein, therear part of said funnel fitting easily the inner sectional shape of theconduit, a spraying vessel and a connection from the nozzle to thevessel.

5. A spraying vessel having perforations therein and pins arranged insaid perforations.

6. In a Watering system, a vessel having perforations therein and pinsin said perforations, each of said pins having a head and a thickenedportion to hold the pin in the perforation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST KOREN, JR.

Witnesses HENRY BORDEWICH, AXEL LAHN.

